Greeting each morning...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of my favorite spots in the early morning is the porch on the side of our house because it faces our creek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNKtjL03_-rLO8Rrr4YPnLZoQ8Yl_nQ1I7ps1RLSUWy2WVDdHc8bqzfKqjaZZz1G-q5vNCzG1WhIVyY2dOi4GjWSHfF7k2VhcWBZK9_OK02Aglr7B-o5amdkZXRE5AfggfNX2GRkInA/s1600/2014sideporch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNKtjL03_-rLO8Rrr4YPnLZoQ8Yl_nQ1I7ps1RLSUWy2WVDdHc8bqzfKqjaZZz1G-q5vNCzG1WhIVyY2dOi4GjWSHfF7k2VhcWBZK9_OK02Aglr7B-o5amdkZXRE5AfggfNX2GRkInA/s1600/2014sideporch1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2014/06/greeting-each-morning.html#more">Read more...</a>

Greeting each morning...

 One of my favorite spots in the early morning is the porch on the side of our house because it faces our creek. Read more...

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Back porch living...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One place I really enjoy during the summer is our back porch. I really didn't change much from last year but it was sure nice to get it pressure washed and everything clean and back in its place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7WCFjvL-Z9riavErMfpg8KjZxywmq9x-uXmxhoRAoM1CTHYhv-DlbySn7ePdxe58V1bo4Gh1S-RN1YdHszraqOFFL6RHhVAGW6Mw_kfmApQwjZLR6mrnxeQ5ThoCckj6NYLY-u_GLA/s1600/2014backporch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7WCFjvL-Z9riavErMfpg8KjZxywmq9x-uXmxhoRAoM1CTHYhv-DlbySn7ePdxe58V1bo4Gh1S-RN1YdHszraqOFFL6RHhVAGW6Mw_kfmApQwjZLR6mrnxeQ5ThoCckj6NYLY-u_GLA/s1600/2014backporch.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" p="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2014/05/back-porch-living.html#more">Read more...</a>

Back porch living...

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Getting the garden ready

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mother--singer/songwriter, clothing designer and master chef, is really the farmer in the family.  Having come from a farming family, she has always loved growing things and learned from her parents, and her brother, who has carried on the family tradition including raising grass-fed cattle, pigs and chickens. So it's no surprise she is the one who plans out the garden and what will be grown then canned or frozen for the winter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu8vnDK-b6ydxFH_oT6uwu4d2GMPrPzi3yFH7D35h8Hd-O9s_i2L2pxtgdtCPFIT8Zayq0_IBdWNuv98MBbbd8Iw2Y0jbF0bj7U8DCtD8Oa4ynY9pfF4-Tk8LzXOHoz_VNjpl5YzDSw/s1600/2014gardendaddy3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu8vnDK-b6ydxFH_oT6uwu4d2GMPrPzi3yFH7D35h8Hd-O9s_i2L2pxtgdtCPFIT8Zayq0_IBdWNuv98MBbbd8Iw2Y0jbF0bj7U8DCtD8Oa4ynY9pfF4-Tk8LzXOHoz_VNjpl5YzDSw/s1600/2014gardendaddy3.jpg" width="418"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2014/04/getting-garden-ready.html#more">Read more...</a>

Getting the garden ready

My mother--singer/songwriter, clothing designer and master chef, is really the farmer in the family.  Having come from a farming family, she...

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Really, me?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in the summer I was contacted by the editor of Country Woman magazine about featuring my Christmas kitchen. After the shock wore off and I got up off the floor, I went to work putting everything together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://www.countrywomanmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CWDJ_Cover_for_web.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="465"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/11/really-me.html#more">Read more...</a>

Really, me?

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Carolina Autumn, a sponsor, and a barn

<div style="text-align: center;">The colors have been several weeks late here in the North Carolina mountains, but we are getting some in spots...finally.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIITm7ALm1S-mV1eDUBVDY-yuAWgaQpX6V0Nzx_VPyfsJA4FQI7i9WdlD4Y77rqrKB9T2sugI90fn6b9ZA_ZQuNBGHZrtOxZLTpz4DfeqIi0-izehIQ3y4XEjqZYMuv13KSH-IezXew/s1600/fallphotobrp4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIITm7ALm1S-mV1eDUBVDY-yuAWgaQpX6V0Nzx_VPyfsJA4FQI7i9WdlD4Y77rqrKB9T2sugI90fn6b9ZA_ZQuNBGHZrtOxZLTpz4DfeqIi0-izehIQ3y4XEjqZYMuv13KSH-IezXew/s640/fallphotobrp4.jpg" width="640"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/10/carolina-autumn-sponsor-and-barn.html#more">Read more...</a>

Carolina Autumn, a sponsor, and a barn

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An Apple a day...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's apple season here in North Carolina...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogCGD-yWea6vYNLEjPnE22T4jKXvMiJVIqTQj-xqFewD2wJJd-_RCuSQY1nT31tXDlQBZ71t0MOBOAhycUPv5z5WwFFG3XulYqyLITKXHAiWnRRUgbCVw4Z1Mmue-8vUHpJm0ihyGug/s1600/2013fallapples2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogCGD-yWea6vYNLEjPnE22T4jKXvMiJVIqTQj-xqFewD2wJJd-_RCuSQY1nT31tXDlQBZ71t0MOBOAhycUPv5z5WwFFG3XulYqyLITKXHAiWnRRUgbCVw4Z1Mmue-8vUHpJm0ihyGug/s640/2013fallapples2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/09/apples.html#more">Read more...</a>

An Apple a day...

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Canning Tomatoes and a crazy rooster

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No, I didn't can the rooster even though he has come close to the frying pan several times. I did can 25 pints of tomatoes and three quarts of tomato juice under the guidance and expertise of my mother:-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQ8tRKO8lijJFVrUp9oe5kIlOk1XM1bAKuLcxztCdyv6-bVpMXnkaK_a8qpj8SJDV3byWKuWrXFVDjwwW4JVbDEH-vZOXmPqZuMG9siyPZ6cEyMXPS3C67AC4iAIMIaHdXADADimInQ/s1600/tomatoecanning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQ8tRKO8lijJFVrUp9oe5kIlOk1XM1bAKuLcxztCdyv6-bVpMXnkaK_a8qpj8SJDV3byWKuWrXFVDjwwW4JVbDEH-vZOXmPqZuMG9siyPZ6cEyMXPS3C67AC4iAIMIaHdXADADimInQ/s640/tomatoecanning.jpg" width="556"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/09/canning-tomatoes-and-crazy-rooster.html#more">Read more...</a>

Canning Tomatoes and a crazy rooster

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Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Oh how very excited I have been to get to this day:-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFKPkj0E_SZ64Yht5yOcW8VjyLKHj40Sj0VT62q2PbOa0mIr0q7YPQOci6eWZYrSTUvtZ2tz_vbzMVwAUjUWGiJImZ0t14G4WnoHp0BCiLzlT96Mi55LYcC6k2eNQ__E6lMLIJXeldQ/s1600/2013newcountertops9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFKPkj0E_SZ64Yht5yOcW8VjyLKHj40Sj0VT62q2PbOa0mIr0q7YPQOci6eWZYrSTUvtZ2tz_vbzMVwAUjUWGiJImZ0t14G4WnoHp0BCiLzlT96Mi55LYcC6k2eNQ__E6lMLIJXeldQ/s640/2013newcountertops9.jpg" width="582"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/09/antique-wormy-chestnut-countertops.html#more">Read more...</a>

Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal...

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Countertop progress...really:-)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Try to cut off the water with three children at home and you will know why we waited for the first day of school to put in the countertop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBZw5NGyxrZ0LdvWWmVvrLFkG32fJHxj_n4pA1lwK2jXgMTlYWddbjmEQhP8eLU1acGhdqUcPqN8gRi39LzIkN1ruWOcR1iJJD1kv1DeKR6HTljkWPc0jgaqj3uCy0nRlFZ7Sy2kg/s1600/countertops91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBZw5NGyxrZ0LdvWWmVvrLFkG32fJHxj_n4pA1lwK2jXgMTlYWddbjmEQhP8eLU1acGhdqUcPqN8gRi39LzIkN1ruWOcR1iJJD1kv1DeKR6HTljkWPc0jgaqj3uCy0nRlFZ7Sy2kg/s640/countertops91.jpg" width="388"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-progressreally.html#more">Read more...</a>

Countertop progress...really:-)

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Choosing the right finish and going for it...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLzYd7fcUyuB7ku_EJJ5ohKtSSqVvod5lXL3RQi4PC1CI9JnV9U17Fn4VNbjnX8QITg82l7BWmO_M7i7WGoDVOyRS6j9hKaXtm2zb0FBniWUIpxgw1UZExuw2Fb7stTPXAPQxTUjtng/s1600/counters43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLzYd7fcUyuB7ku_EJJ5ohKtSSqVvod5lXL3RQi4PC1CI9JnV9U17Fn4VNbjnX8QITg82l7BWmO_M7i7WGoDVOyRS6j9hKaXtm2zb0FBniWUIpxgw1UZExuw2Fb7stTPXAPQxTUjtng/s640/counters43.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></div></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/choosing-right-finish-and-going-for-it.html#more">Read more...</a>

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Joining antique wood for countertops...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The countertop building continued today as we got all the boards glued and clamped. My countertop is really taking shape now! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ7a42X18oYxXZJ4jSDUjSHX7x-iW_F9KAKviQBHNss6KRThfBuFXFnIVuwWl1pfNB2ikirCCVASvZzzep-YcO0568roOX6BiQ0qCLm8p6_mHsZ7NKGRRQU6UoP3CI9WaQogymQU5NQ/s1600/counters53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJ7a42X18oYxXZJ4jSDUjSHX7x-iW_F9KAKviQBHNss6KRThfBuFXFnIVuwWl1pfNB2ikirCCVASvZzzep-YcO0568roOX6BiQ0qCLm8p6_mHsZ7NKGRRQU6UoP3CI9WaQogymQU5NQ/s640/counters53.jpg" width="636"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></div></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/joining-antique-wood-for-countertops.html#more">Read more...</a>

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Countertop making part IV...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s640/counters19.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-making-part-iv.html#more">Read more...</a>

Countertop making part IV...

Yesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boar...

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Making wood countertops...part III

<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-)</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started the day with our beautifully planed 150-year-old wormy chestnut boards thinking we would get the edges straight, then fit them together, join with biscuits and get them glued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOottUSAqz9nCjPeyY0UervGKDCiMKhCqms18zhqarIb_JzIolf2VajToVxdqy-KRpHto5GHdAXjAmHSCDB-H5lMsd1js8DcaZHMMDtznse0EWv2wIYhDHEZ6ykYRKfx3vTWcYDMrtA/s1600/counters20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOottUSAqz9nCjPeyY0UervGKDCiMKhCqms18zhqarIb_JzIolf2VajToVxdqy-KRpHto5GHdAXjAmHSCDB-H5lMsd1js8DcaZHMMDtznse0EWv2wIYhDHEZ6ykYRKfx3vTWcYDMrtA/s640/counters20.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/making-wood-countertopspart-iii.html#more">Read more...</a>

Making wood countertops...part III

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Countertop progress...

<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though the weather looked like rain, we were able to take all the wormy chestnut boards we needed for the counters today before the sky opened up. It's amazing how something that seems so simple and easy as taking boards off a house can drag on and on. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglesYscCO-87LWt6pFo_i9mpe6gbRLcmaZ7jfOvLGC8NvOTMY3lTIELnWKskXgke78lz5Vj5w9oYK71fx0e2NHqaNGHSJSZ1ndodLuaAt98kXNf7OdPP66bZV7ACDiGIakLCxdL2Mcmg/s1600/counters2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglesYscCO-87LWt6pFo_i9mpe6gbRLcmaZ7jfOvLGC8NvOTMY3lTIELnWKskXgke78lz5Vj5w9oYK71fx0e2NHqaNGHSJSZ1ndodLuaAt98kXNf7OdPP66bZV7ACDiGIakLCxdL2Mcmg/s640/counters2.jpg" width="426"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-progress.html#more">Read more...</a>

Countertop progress...

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A week of Spring in the country

<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I would share with you all what I have shared on my facebook page this week in case you missed it.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up...my "Thrift" is absolutely gorgeous this year and smells so fragrant. Some call it "Creeping Phlox," but here in the south, most people call it "Thrift." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vG88SKYdi5hxhvQv5o_gvYwJb69kSB3jJw1qWU4HBcXv_d_GPfS01qYutIvn6COGcGXA32VXAPLvWEuSC0kiJQ3qIXSSBiw-7QNmxw68kP38OXrt00vPHXUIY7tIX5p1CBAkrsQrLJQ/s1600/Thrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vG88SKYdi5hxhvQv5o_gvYwJb69kSB3jJw1qWU4HBcXv_d_GPfS01qYutIvn6COGcGXA32VXAPLvWEuSC0kiJQ3qIXSSBiw-7QNmxw68kP38OXrt00vPHXUIY7tIX5p1CBAkrsQrLJQ/s640/Thrift.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-week-of-spring-in-country.html#more">Read more...</a>

A week of Spring in the country

I thought I would share with you all what I have shared on my facebook page this week in case you missed it. First up...my "Thrift...

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Celebrate 200 years of Pfaltzgraff and win!!

I am so excited to help celebrate 200 years of Pfaltzgraff by giving away 8 place settings of Pfaltzgraff "Heritage" to one of my followers!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dfqyFxdDmHxoN4KzswhUFvqqp7NyRHyVX4Fb2-wKdB0Mr9O48s23k6ytqIxR0b1LFmyOJ8S3lRb47iCu0MaWpeErza5M8yH-NCdvqUNboIKjRz97IUJ5N5lP7ZnWV16NgX8d5fnosg/s1600/pfaltz15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dfqyFxdDmHxoN4KzswhUFvqqp7NyRHyVX4Fb2-wKdB0Mr9O48s23k6ytqIxR0b1LFmyOJ8S3lRb47iCu0MaWpeErza5M8yH-NCdvqUNboIKjRz97IUJ5N5lP7ZnWV16NgX8d5fnosg/s1600/pfaltz15.jpg" /></a></div><br />I envisioned a primitive table with lots of pewter for that early American look, but I have no pewter pieces! So I remembered the 1997 issue of Country Living that inspired my dining table...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRaX7614Ll77RsMrwQOmUeM4DmOQ1PQ27P46bZMv9nVyGc5XMWcFS8xHQPOzaLLL9fFCwldDJ4oC7eWP4VfiH5fHbZKHMHkTJj84m9PSzmAhNBPFXAm80uTT_FDQWP8F23_qQ9FDX-A/s1600/pfaltz24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRaX7614Ll77RsMrwQOmUeM4DmOQ1PQ27P46bZMv9nVyGc5XMWcFS8xHQPOzaLLL9fFCwldDJ4oC7eWP4VfiH5fHbZKHMHkTJj84m9PSzmAhNBPFXAm80uTT_FDQWP8F23_qQ9FDX-A/s1600/pfaltz24.jpg" /></a></div><br />...and found an add for none other than...Pfaltzgraff Heritage!! At that point, I knew it was meant to be!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQv4MHvw8H3jtGe1WNi1o9DBVN3PrOQ9t8ucBRG5rIIHPGnxzFxLLsKIt12H0i85xOc6CMDn8dzFvW-26Dzh66IA47TNkAoeFXUvJkBLhDJ90IKHIk6C9dyxiDcJOsF9L4PZmDZV-rQ/s1600/pfaltz23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQv4MHvw8H3jtGe1WNi1o9DBVN3PrOQ9t8ucBRG5rIIHPGnxzFxLLsKIt12H0i85xOc6CMDn8dzFvW-26Dzh66IA47TNkAoeFXUvJkBLhDJ90IKHIk6C9dyxiDcJOsF9L4PZmDZV-rQ/s1600/pfaltz23.jpg" /></a></div><br />Here is the inspiration table from Country Living, November  1997...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLctAX6mDGBwVVVNTR7tHXwE_81d-MuaJuUYJu3QlALdtGiaN5yGjlN5VFDtZO5kEao8RDSd1D70U2aq69vHZmtx7RCvrqNw4y4gs35Wf6Kr4kSfRRwB929kkOcl8mynPTXSXPOSzDyA/s1600/countryliving4blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLctAX6mDGBwVVVNTR7tHXwE_81d-MuaJuUYJu3QlALdtGiaN5yGjlN5VFDtZO5kEao8RDSd1D70U2aq69vHZmtx7RCvrqNw4y4gs35Wf6Kr4kSfRRwB929kkOcl8mynPTXSXPOSzDyA/s640/countryliving4blog.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and my version...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ioc9U4nQaIFW3GBrH3uF5qk357z1291mOJjAGDcOF2VyLRSXCksmX_IuVt5ZPr75vY4bgeGxFpW-VxNUCi7M23iRNoCLHzu28bYyHZecUOQBP4JrDwzO-WaxJccK9KwapjG4nOWOzg/s1600/pfaltz17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ioc9U4nQaIFW3GBrH3uF5qk357z1291mOJjAGDcOF2VyLRSXCksmX_IuVt5ZPr75vY4bgeGxFpW-VxNUCi7M23iRNoCLHzu28bYyHZecUOQBP4JrDwzO-WaxJccK9KwapjG4nOWOzg/s1600/pfaltz17.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I grew these orange pumpkins, and thought the brown and white combo would be nice with the orange accent. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywJGfZVQ1uLUUOusFFbJfSTxoB1341eBoDQYmxyIdTWc9RrmGtbW_qvStZiZFvfHaXstUQRca7PtDlzKAdCOzxEADm-lWeySi2k5PoHsnB61V6IYD8xjeR2gfnlfzQe26VN0lxdsgLw/s1600/pfaltz19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywJGfZVQ1uLUUOusFFbJfSTxoB1341eBoDQYmxyIdTWc9RrmGtbW_qvStZiZFvfHaXstUQRca7PtDlzKAdCOzxEADm-lWeySi2k5PoHsnB61V6IYD8xjeR2gfnlfzQe26VN0lxdsgLw/s1600/pfaltz19.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used Imperial Glass "Old Williamsburg" amber goblets and Mikasa "Italian Countryside" flatware.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81a4ldam37TY3sRlIQ_XH_1D_t2keB4eU1O_7uo_XxbzwDA5P1jP8xopRSmLZw4Apaf8mc078IWzZ6bH9GDqc2hvJTkg5pWCFeyOfcfhUeipQN0rfBmM-Xe3bkrQAjzCQxae6ARm0eQ/s1600/pfaltz10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81a4ldam37TY3sRlIQ_XH_1D_t2keB4eU1O_7uo_XxbzwDA5P1jP8xopRSmLZw4Apaf8mc078IWzZ6bH9GDqc2hvJTkg5pWCFeyOfcfhUeipQN0rfBmM-Xe3bkrQAjzCQxae6ARm0eQ/s1600/pfaltz10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Napkins were purchased at Marshalls several years ago and you all should recognize the napkin rings from BBB.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These dinner plates are on the smaller side, which I actually love. At 10 1/4, it is the perfect size for the portions we should all be eating, plus you could always use a larger dinner plate as a charger, which opens up a lot of options.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The salad plate is more of a dessert plate size at 6 7/8, but the bowl would work well for salad or soup. They do sell a luncheon plate that would be perfect for salad, and these pieces are really affordable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07-yezRWrFdjMIsHtLEiqGdHgIpb-EptaJfSIAWKAuu_6K1bEgVpjmBVdeva5ydRQOtmdwfnFuTnSCR5d46UWi22QIsKGabeFERjMo_Cll9AfAr7IEbmI78Rc_FLYIYNpV7Gd6NdQLg/s1600/pfaltz6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07-yezRWrFdjMIsHtLEiqGdHgIpb-EptaJfSIAWKAuu_6K1bEgVpjmBVdeva5ydRQOtmdwfnFuTnSCR5d46UWi22QIsKGabeFERjMo_Cll9AfAr7IEbmI78Rc_FLYIYNpV7Gd6NdQLg/s1600/pfaltz6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sukJCEC2D3Q36mdOBpcp9FZtohgRZz_TskinGK1MzR5pDP4DPttYfOCXkZeEWIZDHoG3peRSwN_DqRVQcXGnEddMKPTeFkGLjy-7Dmpp3RMNQM1jg6IKff613Kt4wLCDlNxPW0YhgQ/s1600/pfaltz8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sukJCEC2D3Q36mdOBpcp9FZtohgRZz_TskinGK1MzR5pDP4DPttYfOCXkZeEWIZDHoG3peRSwN_DqRVQcXGnEddMKPTeFkGLjy-7Dmpp3RMNQM1jg6IKff613Kt4wLCDlNxPW0YhgQ/s1600/pfaltz8.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone needs a set of white or cream, and this is a lovely set to use alone or to mix and match.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR_wNfQV4nEw9s1jyoqXghDrDtR2lrywEvExt5Xj1mEnxCSwFr23NolzRJCiZTNQye_o0p8Cgx6sbj4e_keDRFMP4u8WA9YKatX1d1GWufqztLZzpxp5n8CqHu4ksbyfUYMmAEga2Iw/s1600/pfaltz7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR_wNfQV4nEw9s1jyoqXghDrDtR2lrywEvExt5Xj1mEnxCSwFr23NolzRJCiZTNQye_o0p8Cgx6sbj4e_keDRFMP4u8WA9YKatX1d1GWufqztLZzpxp5n8CqHu4ksbyfUYMmAEga2Iw/s1600/pfaltz7.jpg" /></a></div><br />I know, you want to get down to the details!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYvxAzDWdnz_6sLdF5RG1bFjC9x7InZyAE8mkWT5f5zM01uNjPwZvtkiV4e777kRoqWANCuidIYj15Os0J5gfPi03-ocv7M0u2tZ_A0KSBtpF4d9clNQysSCMHcgQyBahTuqvEyZnhA/s1600/pfaltzcover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYvxAzDWdnz_6sLdF5RG1bFjC9x7InZyAE8mkWT5f5zM01uNjPwZvtkiV4e777kRoqWANCuidIYj15Os0J5gfPi03-ocv7M0u2tZ_A0KSBtpF4d9clNQysSCMHcgQyBahTuqvEyZnhA/s200/pfaltzcover.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />To be entered in the giveaway there are several options:<br /><br />1. Follow Far Above Rubies for one entry<br /><br />2. "Like" the Pfaltzgraff Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Pfaltzgraffdinnerware?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>for one entry<br /><br />3. Post a tablesetting tip on the Pfaltzgraff Facebook page for one entry<br /><br />4. Blog about the giveaway, or post it on your sidebar for one entry<br /><br /><br />Please stop back by here and let me which of the above things you have done so I can enter that in the drawing. You can leave one comment letting me know which of the above you do. The deadline for entries is <b>Wednesday, Oct. 26</b> at midnight EST so don't wait!<br /><br />Be sure to visit Pfaltzgraff <a href="http://www.pfaltzgraff.com/Heritage/HERTG,default,sc.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">HERE</span></a> to see more of the beautiful "Heritage" dinnerware.<br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by and for entering the giveaway!! I know the lucky winner will enjoy this dinnerware so much, and I look forward to seeing a fabulous tablescape!<br /><br />I'l be linking up to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Tablescape Thursday</a> at BNOTP.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC';"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Edwardian Script ITC'; font-size: 58pt;">Anita<o:p></o:p></span></div></span><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXsWyBTl9-lG6i9wTJDcC4wz6WNZ3l2E9klywaYDeqjPjpUhwqHxWV4mj8_w0AKrsiv7J8a6fqsHULknwBfG8Q5dfKqh-R5yGJxlMcURUEgWyWGfECJke7r6IbUJrJNVDov6GvVu11g/s1600/New_size_125_tall-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXsWyBTl9-lG6i9wTJDcC4wz6WNZ3l2E9klywaYDeqjPjpUhwqHxWV4mj8_w0AKrsiv7J8a6fqsHULknwBfG8Q5dfKqh-R5yGJxlMcURUEgWyWGfECJke7r6IbUJrJNVDov6GvVu11g/s200/New_size_125_tall-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>A winner will be selected randomly from all the entrants. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>The Pfaltzgraff Heritage was provided by Lifetime Brands, and the opinions expressed here are entirely my own. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>

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I am so excited to help celebrate 200 years of Pfaltzgraff by giving away 8 place settings of Pfaltzgraff "Heritage" to one of my ...

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